Multiplayer

Games in our Multiplayer category are multiplayer online games that share some but not all mechanics in common with traditional MMORPGs. Generally, their “massive” nature is contested. They frequently include OARPGs, online shooters, online strategy games, mobile MMOs, and other pseudo-MMOs that optionally provide single-player, offline, or custom-server support. We formerly categorized Multiplayer titles as “Not So Massively” games. You may also be interested in our MOBA category for PvP-centric arena battlers. [Follow the Multiplayer Online Games category’s RSS feed]

H1Z1’s Fight for the Crown TV debut is tonight with $300K on the line

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Just as this post goes live at 9 p.m. EDT, Daybreak's H1Z1: King of the Kill will see its TV debut as its Fight...

Massively Overthinking: Disassembling MMORPGs for parts

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Xijit -- and I think you'll agree it's quite timely. "In light of The Secret World getting reworked into...

Rend sends out first wave of pre-alpha invites

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In a small planned surprise, Frostkeep sent out a wave of unannounced pre-alpha invites for Rend this week. The studio says that the additional...

Shadow Priest-esque hero Seris is live in Paladins’ open beta

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Paladins' open beta update #48 went live yesterday, and with it arrived the champion teased for the last week and change. Her name is...
Boring plus boring equals still boring. Today in boring math.

Paragon introduces its newest hero, Revenant

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Bear with us for a moment, here. You know there's a game out right now that has a whole lot of characters but is...

The Stream Team: Launching into Cloud Pirates on launch day

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It's been a while since Massively OP's MJ first peeked into Cloud Pirates, and what better time to hop back aboard than on launch...

The reinvented Guns of Icarus Alliance arrives on Steam with fresh PvE

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The reinvented Guns of Icarus Alliance is sailing into a bold new world with its debut on Steam. Players can pick up a copy...

Cloud Pirates launches with a huge update

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Happy launch day to Cloud Pirates, which has graduated from Beta University with a degree in Aeronautic Conflict Resolution and taken its first steps...

The 2022 Asian Games will include e-sports events

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Go ahead and keep mocking e-sports, but they are only getting bigger and more respectable as they keep creating tremendous piles of money. In...
Freedom, sort of.

StarCraft: Brood War is now available for free as a Blizzard Classic

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The year was 1998. Bill Clinton was the president of the United States of America. Everyone spent an enormous amount of time and money...

Rend’s environments get tougher and more amazing as you progress

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What's your favorite video game zone? Green hill zone? Marble zone? Aqua lake zone? When Rend comes out, players will find that zone biomes are...

The Stream Team: Beating the dungeon boss in Conan Exiles

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Facing new foes is always a learning experience, and Massively OP's MJ and the group learned quite a bit the first time they took...

Absolver offers multiplayer melee action, now in open beta form

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Ever fancy yourself the wanderer type, fated to roam the lands while righting wrongs and becoming a legend in your own right? A new...
E-sports

Analyst suggests Tencent’s new global games service will compete with Steam

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If you're not a big fan of Steam's dominance of gaming trends in the west, maybe you think a competitor will do the service...

Marvel Heroes’ console version will include local co-op, beta begins Friday

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Add this to the list of cool stuff for console that PC players are unlikely to see: Marvel Heroes Omega is getting a local...
Alive again!

Diablo III temporarily removes the Necromancer from testing

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And lo, it did pass that a select group of players of Diablo III were invited to test the Necromancer in the beta version...
Well well well, how the turntable.

Greg Street discusses balancing League of Legends for all skill levels

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How do you balance a video game? It's kind of an ongoing question, but it's also one that Greg Street (aka Ghostcrawler) has been...

The Stream Team: Post-Easter battle bunnies in HEX

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Most people think of cute and cuddly bunnies when they wax nostalgic about Easter, but not Massively OP's MJ. No, she also envisions battle...

Overwatch’s Genji and Hanamura map leap into Heroes of the Storm

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A fourth Overwatch toon is coming to Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard revealed today: The assassin Genji will join Lucio, Tracer, and Zarya in...
This, obviously, is just a boring old non-animated picture.

Path of Exile offers animated teasers for Fall of Oriath

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Video games are usually a pretty visual medium, especially these days, interactive fiction and Dwarf Fortress notwithstanding. It's why we all like screenshots. But...